By Robert Salonga DAILY BRUIN STAFF [email protected] The UC Board of Regents extended full retirement benefits to same-sex and opposite-sex domestic partners Thursday in the first policy move dealing with sexual orientation and marital status since 1997. Read more...

By Sabrina Singhapattanapong DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] Though the California Nurses Association’s goal is to settle the nurses contract without a strike, nurses are prepared to walk out if the UC does not propose a better contract, said Joe Lindsay, CNA spokesman for the UC division. Read more...

By Marcelle Richards DAILY BRUIN SENIOR STAFF [email protected] This F-word may not warrant a wash-your-mouth-out comment, but its connotation can be almost as taboo as its four-letter counterpart. Read more...

LUCASFILMS LTD By Mary Williams Daily Bruin Senior Staff [email protected] Breathe a huge sigh of relief. “Star Wars ““ Episode II: Attack of the Clones” is way better than “The Phantom Menace.” Taking the prequels to a new level is this dark action romance that combines the cheering-in-your-seat fun of the original, “A New Hope,” the sense of impending doom of “Empire Strikes Back,” and the smooth computer generated look of “The Phantom Menace.” The film is not without its flaws, but it is a leap toward the quality of the original trilogy. Read more...

KEITH ENRIQUEZ/DB Senior Staff UC President Richard Atkinson discusses a new UC test to replace the SAT. By Christina Jenkins DAILY BRUIN CONTRIBUTOR [email protected] High school students hoping to attend the University of California will face a compulsory writing assessment on college entrance exams if the administrators of the SAT and ACT change their tests, as they proposed to do Wednesday before the UC Board of Regents. Read more...

Courtesy of UCLA University Archives Kerr with UC Regents Chair Don McLaughlin at his inauguration as UC President at UCLA in September 1958. By Michael Falcone Daily Bruin Senior Staff [email protected] Seated next to an enormous window with sweeping views of the San Francisco Bay, the elder statesman of the University of California speaks about the modern university system he built with the wisdom of a senior professor and the excitement of an undergraduate. Read more...

By Andrew Edwards and Kelly Rayburn DAILY BRUINS SENIOR STAFF [email protected] [email protected] Winston Doby left the UCLA administration and began work as the University of California’s vice president of educational outreach on Jan. Read more...